“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9

So many cinematic features these days are centered around people accomplishing great feats despite their bodies’ limitations — their flawed designs. These movies are inspirational because of how individuals are able to not only overcome but do so much good regardless of the hands they were dealt. I think each and every single person is capable of those types of grand narratives because we all struggle with weakness in some capacity. Recognizing them is the key!

Our impairments, our disabilities, our handicaps are not accidents; they are God-designed. Whether physical, psychological, social or economic, He uses every one of our flaws for His own glory. God’s way of dealing with what we call “limitations” is not to remove them but to endow them with strength and use them for good.

In the New Testament, Paul the apostle referred to an unspecified “thorn in the flesh” that he repeatedly asked the Lord to take from him (2 Corinthians 12:7-8). But God said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (v.9).

Paul even learned to “take pleasure” in his troubles. “Most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me,” he said (v.9). “For when I am weak, then I am strong” (v.10).